This blog currently documents a research trip to twelve former Soviet Republics for a new regional project of the Goethe-Institut (2015-17). Earlier entries document the "Afro-Tech and the Future of (Re-)Invention" research trip to Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria (10-25 April 2014, Anne Bergner and Inke Arns), and the INDUSTRIAL on Tour trip to five industrial cities in Poland (27 Sep - 9 Oct 2011, Thibaut de Ruyter, Inke Arns et al.)

EN On our last day in Minsk we realized that we were millionaires. More than that: We had 1.400.000 Belorussian Rubles. It did not last long: As you can see we had to pay just below one million for a dinner for two. Not funny, we agreed with the waiter.